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7 Apps You Don't Want to Miss

7 Apps You Don't Want To Miss (6/23/2012)

Gabi

Gabi launched this week for the iPhone, and gives users a new way to visualize and interact with Facebook. Unlike other apps that just read your feed, Gabi uses a language processor to analyze your feed, letting you ask specific questions, such as “Who likes my photos the most” to sort information based on what’s important to you.

Angry Birds Seasons

Everyone’s favorite Angry Birds are back this week in the next installment of the franchise’s Angry Birds Seasons app. The app updates each season with new boards for the game, this time taking the birds to Piglantis, where they have to not only battle the pigs in the air but also the water as well.

Art of Rap

Love to Rap? A new app for Android and iPhone provides beats for rappers to use to create their own lyrics. Artists can record tracks using the app and then publically release them for others to listen to on the app, or the website for the documentary Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap.

Waze

Social GPS and live traffic app Waze is getting a little smarter. It now offers real-time gas prices and fuel discounts, in addition to driving directions and traffic information. The app lets you check out gas prices near you, or even find those that will be physically on your route, and also offers discounts at the pump for Waze drivers using the app.

Martha Stewart CraftStudio

Martha Stewart now has her own iPad app. Free until July 8th, the app lets you create paper craft projects such as cards, scrapbook pages, and invitations and then share them with friends, print them out, or have them professionally printed.

HotelTonight

Last-minute hotel booking app HotelTonight extended its service into Europe this week, now offering last-minute deals on hotels in London. Unlike other discount booking services, the Android and iPhone app offers deals on just three handpicked hotels each day. Bookings can be made anytime between noon and 2am, allowing users to get deals even after other discount sites have shut their doors for the day.

Tumblr

Tumblr’s iPhone app saw a significant update this week. Mimicking many of the features already available in its Android app, the updated version of the app has a sleeker dashboard, Spotify support, and new post forms. The entire app is also optimized for speed, offering a significant speed enhancement over the previous version.

It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released each week. But you’re in luck: We take care of a lot of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of some of our own new and updated app highlights from the week.

This week we found an app that will help you get directions to where you're going and get the best gas prices along the way, as well as an app that will help you find a hotel once you reach that destination — even if you're arriving in the wee hours of the morning.

An update to a popular existing app will give you a fun game to play while you're riding in the car, and another significant update will let you document your travels and share them with the world.

We also checked out an app that will help you make award-winning invitations to send to all your friends inviting them on your next adventure, and an app that will help you keep up with what all your friends are doing on Facebook based on what information is important to you.

Want to rap about it all after you're done? There's an app for that as well.

Scroll through the gallery above for a look at this week's app highlights.

Still looking for more? Check out last week's Apps to Check Out for some other interesting mobile apps worth a look, and let us know about your own app highlights from the week in the comments.

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